i think this has gone off track. i read brucee's original post as an
argument against polluting c with asm()/__asm{}. obviously there is
asm in the plan9 distro; try du -a /sys/src| grep '\.s$' . for which
it uses /sys/doc/asm.ps
alas, in a world where "a computer" is windows on a x86, you can use
assembler for everything and not worry about portability. every cycle
you save is one more for vista. knock yourselves out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RosAsm
for microcontrollers, there are choices like forth.
> On 5/6/07, Rogelio Serrano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On 5/6/07, erik quanstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > this absolutist argument that c is teh bomb. asm suks is silly. it's like
>> > arguing bicycles and ferraris. which one you need (and which one gets
>> > you there faster) depends on what you're doing.
>> >
>>
>> exactly.
>>
>> assembler is there because it is needed. if you are writing or porting
>> a compiler and you dont have an assembler you will end up writing one
>> anyway.
>>
>
> besides, its so easy to write one.
> provided you have the instruction set manuals.
>
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> the thing i like with my linux pc is that i can sum up my complaints in 5
> items
